6 meetings and 6 offers for representation! The stereotype of a ‘lazy actor’ would be thrown out the door if you met Alena Acker. This hustle-queen worked nonstop getting herself her own appointments and leveling up her own work for years. 

 

The hard-to-swallow pill was that she struggled to find an agent who would support her work to get her to the next level. After all the showcases and pay-to-play moments, she decided it was time to try a new route. After 6 meetings and 6 offers (if this was the Olympics we’d be seeing gold here) Alena landed with an agent and a manager who not only supports her wildest dreams but is working daily to help her make them happen.

 

CLOSER LOOK & TAKEAWAYS

• Truly writing such a power pitch for herself that she has an across-the-board offer without even having a meeting! 
• How practicing rep meetings allowed her to show up with full confidence.
• Figuring out what is uniquely hers and bringing that to the metaphorical zoom-table.
• How having a community contributed to leadership and confidence in yourself 
• Why a scarcity mindset helps no one and how getting past that can help you help yourself and others.

 

With this series, actors I’m talking to you: I believe that acting is your calling and your purpose on the planet. You use your voice, and your body, and all that you are, to tell stories that remind US what it is to be human. You have the power to change lives.

 

And, we all know that having great representation makes that impact all that much more possible. 

 

But let’s not get it twisted – looking for an agent or a manager sucks. It’s not straightforward, there are tons of people telling you the best-slash-only ways to do it, and it can leave you in a constant state of anxiety thinking to yourself – is this ever going to happen for me? 

 

And that's why in this series of tell-all interviews with my agent goals students – you’ll hear how they did it.

 

REMINDER: Each of these bonus episodes is very different because each of these actors wants different things from their careers: some want to be on Broadway, others have their sights set on tv and film, and still others are creators and want to land reps that are excited by that.

 

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of Brian Breaks Character!

 

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Want to learn more? If you’re an actor and your goal is to have a fabulous representation, come watch Make Agents Want You for free (www.MakeAgentsWantYou.com). That way, you can get off the hamster wheel of reaching out to reps and focus on the acting you were born to do.

 

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Episode Transcript: 

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